Travel Blogs from Ellmau

... ve been given better food because they mostly make the same thing for all the dietary people. Anyway to get out of eating bread is good with me. The Swarovski museum was amazing. The crystal clouds weren't as impressive as I thought but the various rooms were interesting. It's crazy what people can make and design. There was a crystal dome and it felt like I was inside a kaleidoscope. ...

... we swapped drivers and passengers. On the freeway Katrina and I jumped in the back and Alain and Andrew took over the driving and navigating.... Not that it was required....we crawled and stopped and crawled and stopped for one hour, forty minutes!!! This is ridiculous.....Angela Merkel will be hearing from me! Phew we've finally made it home and dinner was again at the hotels restaurant. No soufflé ...

... into the bar/restaurant for afternoon drinkies and booked a table for dinner tonight. The restaurant is very rustic with wooden beams with creaky floors and little nooks and crannies everywhere. We have just returned from dinner at the hotel restaurant which is very well known locally for its fine food. As our good friend Lorraine would say, "I don't feel well!!" I had schnitzel which came with potato salad, Andrew had spare ...

... legs and we gave him a nickname "drie" - that is 3 in German. We had a huge "prentzel" - you couldn't believe how huge it was.

Reese - We drove to Mayrhofen and we saw the cows that were coming down the mountain with the farmers. There were a few really young ones and they all had crosses and big head pieces on their heads, and huge bells on their necks. We had a drink and some special sausage, after that we went to take the gondola up the mountain. It was one big gondola. ...

... to be in the apartment. Annie went off for swim in the very nice pool next door. Free for us, part of the apartment deal. Annie reports it was beautiful, warm and puts our public pools to shame. Now after a nice meal and more wonderful Austrian wine we shall settle down to Poldark.... sad I know.